Fabricio Tocco

Latin American Detectives against Power (eBook, PDF)

Individualism, the State, and Failure in Crime Fiction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how Latin American detective stories portray individualism and the state through the figures of the private eye and the police. Fabricio Tocco argues that these portrayals constitute a far more radical critique than the one developed by the Anglo-American canon, culminating in a transnational "poetics of failure" rooted in dissatisfaction with the neoliberal state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978779860
• Artikelnr.: 74398315

Autorenporträt

Fabricio Tocco is assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese convenor at the Australian National University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Anglo-American Detective: Individualism against the State
Chapter 2: Argentina: The State against Individualism
Chapter 3: Chile: Individualism within the State
Chapter 4: Brazil: The State against the State
Chapter 5: Coda: The Mexican-American Border Seen from Chilean Eyes
Chapter 6: Final Thoughts: From Failure to Community